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Literature

21L.345
On the Screen
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Eugenie Brinkema
Mon-Thu, Jan 9-12, 17-19, 23-26, 30-2, 03-06:30pm, 3-133

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
No listeners
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: U 6 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit   

Examines works of film, television or other screen-based media, with emphasis on texts that are related by genre, time period, style, or director. Works studied vary from term to term. May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor.
We will explore sixteen of the Hitchcock's films, ranging from 1927 to 1972. Films will include early Expressionist forays; pictures of espionage and intrigue; the “wrong-man” films; big-budget classics; and lesser-known late works; readings will include feminist, psychoanalytic, formalist and historical explorations of Hitchcock's craft. We will consider figures such as blackmail, doubt, murder, guilt, marriage, and Hitchcock’s cameos in each film. In addition, we will analyze aphorisms for which Hitchcock was famous, including the theory of spectatorship bound up with his aim to “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.”

No previous experience with film analysis or critical theory is presumed.
Contact: Hannah Carpenter, 14N-407, x8-5629, hcarpen@mit.edu

21L.S92
Special Subject in Literature
Stephen Tapscott
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-13, 17-20, 23-27, 30-3, 01-02:00pm

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Permission of Instructor
Level: U 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit   

Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.
Students will attend the Pleasures of Poetry presentations on-site during January and will participate in an experimental digital seminar, offered only this January term, with Professor Tapscott. Typically 3 units of credit; P/D/F or A-F options available (see 21L.S93). Pre-registration and permission of instructor required.
Contact: Stephen Tapscott, 14N-416, x3-4148, tapscott@mit.edu

21L.S93
Special Subject in Literature
Stephen Tapscott
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-13, 17-20, 23-27, 30-3, 01-02:00pm

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Permission of Instructor
Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit   

Covers topics in Literature that are not provided in the regular subject offerings. Units vary depending on the number of class meetings, readings and assignments. May be repeated for credit if the subjects are different.
Students will attend the Pleasures of Poetry presentations on-site during January and will participate in an experimental digital seminar, offered only this January term, with Professor Tapscott. Typically 3 units of credit; P/D/F option available (see 21L.S92). Pre-registration and permission of instructor required. Contact Professor Tapscott.
Contact: Stephen Tapscott, 14N-416, x3-4148, tapscott@mit.edu


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